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Guinea-Bissau
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Guinea-Bissau became independent on September 10, 1974, headed by President Luis Cabral. In late 1980, the government was overthrown in a relatively bloodless coup led by Prime Minister and former armed forces commander Joao Bernardo Vieira. From November 1980 to May 1984, power was held by a provisional government responsible to a revolutionary council headed by Joao Bernardo Vieira. In 1984, the council was dissolved, and the 150-member National Popular Assembly (ANP) was reconstituted. The single-party assembly approved a new constitution, elected President Vieira to a new five-year term, and elected a Council of State, which is the executive agent of the ANP. There were alleged coup plots against the Vieira Government in 1983, 1985, and 1993.
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The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (another Portuguese colony) was founded in 1956, and guerrilla warfare by nationalists grew increasingly effective. By 1974 the rebels controlled most of the countryside, where they formed a government that was soon recognized by scores of countries. The military coup in Portugal in April 1974 brightened the prospects for freedom, and in August the Lisbon government signed an agreement granting independence to the province. The new republic took the name Guinea-Bissau.
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MRE has been conducted on two levels in Guinea-Bissau. The first has been community liaison in support of the two demining groups, LUTCAM and HUMAID. The second is community MRE, conducted by “MRE activists” and by “MRE animators.” Since January 2006, there were 23 MRE activists and 17 animators. By mid-2006, activists and animators were based predominantly in the São Domingos sector, with a few in the south in Quinara.[83] This compares to 111 MRE activists/educators (89 in Bissau) and with 310 animators (160 facilitators work in Bissau), during 2004/2005.[84] Between June 2005 and June 2006, 25 MRE sessions were conducted throughout the country, reaching 16,118 people.[85]
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